Machine for bottli ng aerated liquids



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J. BROWN & F. J. JOHNSTON. MACHINE FOR BOTTLING AERATED LIQUIDS.

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' J. BROWN 8v F. J. JOHNSTON :MAQBINE FOR BOTTLING.AERATED LIQUID&

No. 363,504., v Patented May 24, 1887.

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NrTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BROWN, OF MEDFORD, AND FBEDERIO J1 JOHNSTON, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNORS TO JAMES W. ,TUFTS, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR BOTTLING'AERATED LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,504, dated May 24, 1887.

Application filed March 3, 1887. Serial No. 229,641. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN BROWN, of Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and FREDERIC J. JOHNSTON,

5 of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State aforesaid, citizens of the United States, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Bottling Aerated Liquids, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine for bottling aerated liquids, having our improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the center of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in machines for bottling aerated liquids; and it consists in a stop of novel construction which is adapted to be interposed between the cross-bars of the sliding frames of the corkingplunger and filling-head by means of an actuating device operated by the foot simultaneously with the treadle to which it is connected, for the purpose of automatically regulating the descent of the corking-plunger with relation to the filling-head, and thus causing the corks to be so driven that they will all 0 project an equal distance above the mouths of.

' the bottles without regard to the slight variations in height which are always found among bottles of nominally the same size and pattern; and our invention also consists in certain 3 5 combinations of parts and details of construction, as hereinafter set forth and specifically claimed.

In the said drawings, A represents the bed or table of the machine, which is supported 40 on suitable legs, and is provided on its upper surface, at or near the center of its length, with the usual cavity or depression, I), for the reception of the bottle a to .be filled and corked.

O O are vertical rods or standards rising from 5 the table A and connected at the top bya bar,

(1. Upon the standards 0 0 slides the fillinghead G, having secured to its opposite ends the rods e e, which pass down through the table A and are connected at their lower ends 5c by a cross-bar, f, forming a sliding frame, H,

' to which is pivoted at g a link, a, connected with the treadle I by a pivot, 5.

The filling-head G is of the usual construction, and is connected by means of a pipe, t, with a sirup-pump (not shown) or other source of supply, from which the bottle is filled after the cap 10 of the filling-head has been brought down onto the neck of the same, as seen in Fig. 2, by depressing the treadle I against the resistance of the spring B, by'which the parts are returned to their normal positions after the pressure of the foot has been removed from the treadle.

k is the corking-pluuger, which passes down through, the filling-head in the ordinary man- 6 ner and is secured to the upper crossbar, Z, which slides on the standards O G, and has secured to its opposite ends the vertical rods m m, which pass down through the table A and are connected at their lower ends to a cross-bar, a, which slides on the rods 6 e of the filling-head frame H, the rods m m and cross bars Zn forming the sliding frame L of the corking-plunger, to which is pivoted at p the hand-lever N, pivoted to hangers q q, secured to the under side of the table A, the lever N being provided with the usual counterpoise Weight, 0'.

The construction of the parts thus far described is substantially the same as in ma 8O chines of this character as heretofore con structed, and forms no part of our present invention.

Between the side pieces of the link a is pivoted a stop-lever, P, of the form seen in Figs. 8

2 and 3. The upper arm or portion, 1*, of the lever I carries a short upwardly-extending pin or projection, 8, while the lower arm orportion, 1, has secured to its front end, by means of a pin, a, a flexible metallic strap, Q, which fits within a slit, (1, in the arm 25, made to receive it, the opposite end of the strap Q being secured to the foot-plate of the treadle I, as seen in Fig. 2, in such position as to receive the pressure of the foot when the latter is placed upon the treadle to depress the filling-head G. From the back bar, I), of the stop-lever projects an arm, c, carrying at its outer end a weight, 01', by means of which the stop-lever is retained in the rearwardly- 10o neously depresses the strap Q, which rocks the stop-1ever P against the resistance of the weight at and carries the pin s up into a vertical position between the lower cross-bars, f n, of the filling-head and corking-plunger frames H L, whereby when the frame L is brought,

down by means of the hand-lever N to cause the corking-plunger to drive the cork into the mouth of the bottle, the cross-bar n will come into contact with the pin 8, as seen in Fig. 2, which thus acts as a stop to prevent the further descent of the corking-plunger, which is in this manner always arrested at the same point with relation to the cap of the filling-head, and consequently as the latter rests on the neck of each bottle, whether it be of greater or less height, the corks will always be driven to the proper depth to secure a uniform and definite projection above the mouth of the bottle without regard to any slight variations in height of the latter, as is necessary to produce perfect work. Afterthe cork has been driven into the bottle the corking-plunger is still held down thereon by the hand-leverN while the foot is removed from the treadle, which simultaneously relieves the pressure upon the strap Q and permits the weight d to carry the stop-lever P back into the inclined position seen in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and withdraw the pin 8 from between the cross-bars f n, thus allowing the treadle to be elevated by its spring B,which causes the filling-head cap 10 to rise above the neck of the bottle to allow the application of the fastening to the cork while the latter is still held down by the corking-plunger It. It is obvious that the length of the stop-pin s may be varied in accordance with the distance which it is desired to havethe cork project above the mouth of the bottle. The back bar, I), of the lever P is provided with a set-screw, e',which forms an adjustable stop for regulating the distance to which the stop-lever is moved for ward by the pressure of the foot upon the strap Q.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for bottling liquids, the combination, with the sliding frames of the corkingplunger and filling-head, and the hand lever and treadle by which they are respectively operated, of astop adapted to be interposed between the cross-bars of the said sliding frames to regulate the descent of the corking-plunger with relation to the filling-head, and a connecting piece or strap secured to said stop and treadle and extending from one to the other, whereby the treadle and stop are operated simultaneously by a single pressure of the foot upon the treadle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a machine for bottling liquids, the combination,with the sliding frames H L, having the cross-barsfn, and the hand-lever N and treadle I, by which they are respectively operated, of a weighted stop adapted to be interposed between the cross-bars f a to regulate the descent of the corking-plunger with relation to the filling-head, and a connecting piece or strap, Q, extending from the stop to the treadle and adapted to be actuated by the pressure of the foot when placed upon the treadle, whereby as the treadle is depressed the stop is brought into position between the cross-bars f n and automatically withdrawn from between said cross-bars on the removal of the foot from the treadle, all operating substantially as described.

3. In a machine for bottling liquids, the combination, with the sliding frames H L, having the cross-bars f n, and the hand-lever and treadle by which they are respectively operated, of the stop P, pivoted to the link a, and having the arms l t and weight (1, and the connecting-strap Q, secured at one end to the stop and at the other end to the treadle, all constructed to co-operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Witness our hands this 25th day of February, A. I). 1887.

JOHN BROWN. FREDERIC J. JOHNSTON.

In presence of P. E. TESOHEMAOHER, VVILLIAM S. STONE. 

